Box-fastener



llNrTHp STATHS PATENT rrrcr.

CHARLES v. cAsTER, or sILoAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.

Box-FASTEN ER.

S1EC1FICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent NO. 611,445, datedSeptember 27', 1898. Application filed November 8, 1897. Serial No.657,8()5. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES V. CAsTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Siloam Springs, in the county of Benton and State ofArkansas, have inventedv certain new and useful Improvements inBox-Fasteners; and

4I do declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to box-fasteners; and the object is to providea simple, strong, and inexpensive fastener of this character.

Vith this obj ect in view the invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combination of parts, which will behereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a box,showing my improved fastener applied. Fig. 2 is an end view, the coverbeing swung back. Fig. 3 is a similar view with the cover in place andlocked. Fig. 4 is a front view, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view showingmy fastener attached to a box of different construction.

In said drawings, 1 denotes the box, and 2 the cover.

The fastener consists of two spring-arms a, having eyes b at their upperends. The springarms are secured to the front side of the box by rivetsor staples, as shown. A loop c is pivoted in the eyes of the spring-armsand has crank ends d, upon which is hung with friction contact apbail c,having a detent or toe f, adapted to the staple g, secured to the frontedge ofthe cover of the box.

In operation when it is desired to lock the box the front end of theloop is elevated, which will throw the bail from the inclined positionshown in Fig. 2 to a vertical position and the toe or detent directlyabove the staple. When the toe or detent reaches this position, the loopextends at right angles to the front side of the box, and by pressing itupwardly its cranked endsare moved downwardly, thus drawing the detentor toe into the staple of the cover, in which position the cranks areata dead-center. The point f of the springloop is then pressed under thestaple of the cover and is held in this position by the spring in thesides of the loop.

If desired, a wire with a seal may be wound about the bail and loop.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, s-

The combination with a box and its cover, of a fastener composed ofspring-arms having eyes at their upper ends and secured to the side ofthe box, a loop having cranks, said loop pivoted in said eyes, and abail pivoted to said cranks and provided with a detent or toe, and astaple secured to the edge of the box to receive said detent or toe, theconstruction being such that when the loop is depressed the detent ortoe will be disengaged from the staple and thrown forwardly, and whenthe loop is elevated and pressed inward, the detent or toe will bethrown inward and be drawn down vertically into said staple,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

'CHARLES v. oAsTER.

Vitnesses:

J. E. DUNHAM, JOHN MARSHALL.

